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H t DISPATCH Sail WEATHER FORECAST, North and South Carolina Thun. dershowers this afternoon or .-tonight; not quite so warm tonight; Saturday, fair. FULL LEASED W IRE SER VI CE VOL. XXIII. NO. 160. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINAFRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29,-1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS-: l WILL BE LAUNCHED BY THE ASSENT u W ILMINGTON H 11 ill ' T ' ,-, ' , .!' ' J JL-LJJ Famous Old Flagship U. S. Olympia f . RUSSIAN REPUBLIC THE ATTEKDflHCE : IHCREASES'f ITH j. EVERY QESSllll' f Ml If! ii IS CiCQ Is the Significant Utterance of Great Britain's Premier In Speech at Glasgow GREATEST DISASTER EVER BEFELL MANKIND Would be Peace on German Plans Mysterious Hap penings in Germany Gen eral Haig Pressing on Lens i Attack On Verdun by Picked Troops Repulsed With Heavy Loss. "The Entente powers must fight on until they have reached the .nl they have set to attain when they accepted Germany's challenge to civilization,' declared David Lloyd-George, the Brit ish premier, in a speech at Glasgow today. To permit the war. to conie to an end a single day sooner would , ,. uioaows . CyCi, oeieii manKina, ne aaaea. , These utterances possess notable! significance at mis moment, wnen1 there hare been suggestions that the allied powers fighting Germany might agree to some revision of their pre viously tclared war aims, and at a time when hints have been coming out of Germany that next week's ses sion of the German Reichstag might witness some -new statement on the subject of peace by Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. Possible point to the suggested German peace move ment is given by reports of myste- ous political tiappeaings .wlfiiin Quri German empire. The impression has been given that the expected develop ments would be of a dramatic nature and the press to have been complete ly muzzled, so far as discussion of political topicsis concerned. "No doubt Germany wants peace," declared the British premier, in his speech, "but it is a peace which would give her economic and other control over the countries which she has in vaded." , In the field of military operations the important development at present is the cumulative pressure which General Sir Douglas Haig Is applying to the German lines about the coal ; low quicKiy. ine rxesiaent was uu city and mine fields of Lens. Thelderstood to feel that the insistence of operation now seems to have taken j some Senators on "bone dry" legisla on a somewhat broader shape, sug- tion endangered the early passage of gesting that the British commander-! the Food bill which he is anxious to in-chief is aiming at the far flanks of 'become law as soon as possible, the Lens position in a wide encircling I Administration leaders were said al movement, while keeping up the push so to feel that such legislation would here and there on the immediate.be- a disturbing factor in the economic environments of the city. Some six life of the country and might lead to miles to the south, in the neighbor-'serious discontent among the workers, hood of Appy, the British last night I whose -whole-hearted support is neces captured a German position on a irontjsary to win the wah of more than a mile. Closer to Lens, I The President realizes that since on a wide front south of the Souches j prohibition has been made an issue in river, the British continue to gain I Congress it Is almost impossible to ground. They have entered Avion, 2 miles of Lens, thus drawing con siderably tighter the lines immediate ly about the coal town. To the north of Lens, near Loos, the British raid ers are active, indicating that a fur ther forward movement may be ex pected on this flank. On the French front the Verdun district has again sprung into promi nence. The Germans have begun re newed activity there, and last night they delivered a powerful attack with picked troops, after a heavy bombard ment on a front of a little more than a mile nearer the famous Hill 304,ize what the -administration considers northwest of Verdun. They gained arthe danger of radical and sweeping footing at some points in the French: first line, but were completely re pulsed when they renewed their at tack early 4his morning. The Crown Prince also attacked in the Aisne dis- nict, notably in the Cerny region, . where his troops obtained a footing ' m the French trencnes, Dut were anv- en out by an energetic counter attack. The Fernch positions, here as elser where on this front, were maintained. Greece, under the new Venizelos government, seems near the point of actively entering the war on the side of her entente friends. Athens dis patches say that the Greek govern ment considers that a state of war ex ists. The recall of the Greek aipio- matic representatives to the Central powers is considered imminent. PRESIDENT TAKES OVER JAMESTOWN SITEJthe Russian Red Cross jasociated PressO Hri3on today signed an executive or der authorizing the Navy Depart ment to take over the old Jamestown exposition site on Hampton Roads for a naval station. The order will be- come effective when it is filed with the Secretary of State, probably to- morrow, and the Navy Department is expected to startTiuildinK operations immedifltPiv. fTnneress annronriated I $1,400,000 for the purchase and the price will be fixed bjT the President. 0 THE D ETEBiNED By Adding Drastic Prohibition Provision Causing Anxiejv to the Administration. THE PRESIDENT IN CONFERENCE With Democratic Leaders in Senate-VIr. Wilson's Attitude On The Question. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 29. President Wilson stepped into the prohibition fight over the Food bill today, partly to save the measure from row be tween contending factions and partly to get a law he believes the country will approve. The President told the Senate lead ers he agreed with the proposal to stop manufacture of foodstuffs into whiskey and gin, but did not believe the grewing of beer and manufacture of light vines should be stopped now. A provision to prohibit distilling nrte sett$bfci'3fc!i mopHtaewteg he considers neecssary. he toicf Seii-! ate leaders today and he believed it would satisfy prohibitionist's and also the couotry. An amendment to that effect will be introduced later with prospects of adoption. Senator Sheppard, a leading prohi bitionist, and who prompted the com mittee's proposal to stop manufacture of both distilled spirits and beer, said that if the President desired to have authority to govern brewing and wine making, he favored it and believed Congress would agree. Other conferences probably will fol- hope for the elimination of some sort of prohibitory provision from the Food lll. Although officials do not pre tend to speak' for him, it was under stood that he would be willing to ac cept a measure under which the use of foodstuffs and fruits in the manu facture of beverage alcohol was for bidden, but with authority given him to permit their use in making beer and light wines. The importance of this issue has overshadowed, many others in the President's mind and there were indications today that every effort would be used to have Congress real legislation at this time. President Wilson, according to Sen ator Phelan, of California, with whom he conferred regarding prohibition legislation, desires that he be given authority to stop the manufacture of malt and vineous liquors in case of emergency, but does not believe ltn mediate prohibition of their manuf ac-1 ture is necessary or desirable RED CROSS MISSION TO GO TO RUSSIA (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, June 29. The news of the intention of the United States to send a Red Cross mission to Russia figured prominently in yesterday morning's papers. It evoked hearty 'appreciation in army and medical cir cles, especially at tne neaaquaners qi FRENCH STEAMSHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINES (By Associated Press.) Paris, June 29. Two French mer chantmen of more than 1,600. tons, and three of less than that Isize were sunk by submarines or mines in the week ending June 24, according to the weekly announcement issued here today. In that time there were 1,088 arrivals' at French ports and 969 sail fSSS i f V'l -, - ',r'" ' "7 " r s-', ,v yssCv7w -,-.vHi?fc. VhJx'w - nJ5 'f. 1 ? - - ? v;t'' -'vv :r- - : - V CtA iMmm&m . . ,, fcM- : " 'j 1 1 'l . ti S. cruiser Olympia, famous flagship of Adfciiral Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay, which ran. on the rockft.at Block Island during a fog ad is reported to be in grave danger. The Olympia is twenty-two yearjr'old, and hence not an important fighting unit infhe United States Navy. PRBSIDEfiT TINER THROUGH WITH JOB Says He is Not a Candidate For Re-election Will Not Answer Question. (By United Press.) New York, June 29. Gov. John K. Tener is through as president of the National league. There can be no question of his sincerity in the an nouncement made during the recent rumpus with John McGraw. His firm jaw set, his teeth together, Tener de clared that was all he had to say. "I am not a candidate for re-election," he declared. "I refuse to be questioned further." And that's all he would say. Sev eral persons, remembering that Ten er was Governor 01 Pennsylvania when the National league clubowners sought him out and made him their ex ecutive questioned Tener as to what he might do if the National league should unanimously request that he retain his office. "I wont say a word," he declared. And there the argument or cross-ex amination ended. , j Tener has . Jo of buslriess-nter- Pennsylvania, or before he becam connected with politics at all to any considerable extent, he was president of one of the nation's most prosperous small-town banks. That business calls him. In addition he has holdings .of coal land in Pennsylvania that are very valuable. He is able to devote only a small share of his time to these interests, and private enterprises are being sacrificed by him, to a certain extent, for the good of baseball. Under these conditions Tener can hardly be blamed for chucking his present job overboard. He has had four years of trouble, has conducted a clean administration, and will leave the league if it does finally come to that with a fine reputation. Tener is a man who came from the ranks of baseball, passed through the early grind of vicissitudes which as sail any young man's life, became a member of the national House of Rep resentatives, was elected Governor of one of the nation's most powerful States, and passed into the third stage of his public career as president of the oldest institution in baseball the National league. E ASKED TO EXPLAIN I Certain Cash Entries in Her Bank Account Made Last Year. (By Associated Press.) New York, June 29. When the cases of Alexander Berkman, editor of The Blast, and Emma Goldman were resumed here today, it was expected that a jury would be selected before night, unless Berkman insisted on pro longing the trial by continuing to ask questions of talesmen which have brought reprimands from Judge Mayer oti1 nh-loiHrtTia frnm th nrosfimitora. Tne defendants are charged with con spiracy to obstruct the operation of the selective. draft law. - As soon as the jury has been com pleted: Miss Goldman will be asked to explain a number of entries in her bank book, it was learned today. One entry regarding a deposit of $3,067 made January 24, 1916, will be inquir ed Into. It is the only large deposit appearing during a period of years and, according to the prosecution, was made at a time when many foes of pre paredness received money from out side sources. J BASEBALL RECEIPTS FOR THE RED CROSS , (By Associated Press.) Chicago, June 29; The receipts of the game here today between the Chi cago and St. Louis National League Clubs are to be given to the Red Cross. All. passes have been suspended and employes have consented to work without pay so that every cent taken at the gate, will be turned over to the- war fund. Ml UN IS RESPONSIBLE AND For the Grounding of The Cruiser Olympia Naviga tor Not at Fault. (By Associated Press.) Newport, R. I., June 29. A report received today from naval officers in vestigating . the grounding of the United States cruiser Olympia In Block Island sound, said the warship struck an uncharted rock 500 yards south of Cerberus shoal buoy and that a court of inquiry probably would show that the navigator was not at fault. This information, it was said, confirmed the theory of naval experts, who had expressed the opinion that the Olympia ran upon a lease which had not been properly charted. Al aground, wreckers sent aboard stated that hope of saving her had not been abandoned. BRITISH TROOPS Desperate Fighting Among Wreckage of Mines- Many Prisoners Captured. (By Associated Press.J British Headquarters in France, June 29. The fighting is more intense in the vicinity of Lens. The British made a brilliant attack last night, during a blinding rain that accompanied a thunderstorm, on a number of the southwesterly suburbs of the great mining city, including the one known as Avion. , All the first objectives of the at tack were gained, and the indications are that the British are still pushing forward today. ' Nearly 200 prisoners already have been collected in the cages and more captaives are reported on ' the way back from the fighting front. A num. ber of machine guns also are report ed taken. The fighting took place in and out among bits of ruined buildings, col lieries, pit derricks and the usual lit ter and paraphernalia of a mining set tlement, only in this case the tangle had been made greater by the shell fire of many months. The bombardment which preceded the attack was carried out on a fairly wide front, and was of but slightly less intensity than that which has preceded some of the greater actions on the British front. ANOTHER ATROCITY B E Fires on Men of Sunken , Steamer While in the Water. Kills Eight. (By Associated Press.) London, June 29. The steamer Ad- dah was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a German submarine on June 15. The submarine fired the captain's boat, killing eight men. . The submarine fired on the master's boat from a distance of between 300 and. ..400 yards. The shot took the boat's stern completely off. Then the submarine continued firing while the men were swimming about. It also hit the chief officer's boat, but nobody was killed, though several were slightly wounded. All the survivors were picked up by a French steamer at 5 o'clock on June 16. ' p . GREECE BREAKS WITH CEN- - TRAL POWERS. '. . . . v (By Associated Press.) v Athens, June 29. The Greek 4 government has broken diplomat- . ic relations with Germany. Aus- tria-H'ungary, Bulgaria and Tur- key. IN ONE WOMAN KILLED By Man While Acting as Host At Supper, Who Sur renders. Laconia, N. H., June 29. Miss Eliz abeth Suses, assistant matron, and Miss Dorothy Davis, teacher, at the State School for Feeble-Minded, here, were" suffering today from wounds on the head and nervous shocks, received when their companion, Miss Alice Bleack Richards, head teacher at the school, was murdered in a cottage on the shore of Lake Wimisquan, last night. Morris B. Bradford, who gave himself up, will bo given a hearing to day. '!( A hunting knife bearing a spot re sembling blood was found in the cot- l tage. ; According to Miss Suess and Miss Davis, the three women, had accepted with him at the cottage. There Brad ford attacked them, they declared. He bound all three hand and foot and cut Miss Richards' throat,; struck the other two over the-bead aad pvt-their fiafr off. After "Be lefC'neeif tne young womeir managed to fre herself and released her companions, but Miss Richards succumbed to her wounds. ALSACE-LORRAINE TO GENERAL PERSHING Paris, June 29. Major-General Pershing yesterday received a delega tion from the Alsace-Lorraine republi can committee. Referring to. the Am erican commander's Alsatian ancestry, the vice president,. M . Staehling, told the General how proud : t'ey were that a descendant of their little , country had come to fight for the triumph of their inalienable rights and the restor ation to France of the lost provinces. General Pershing was visibly mov ed. He said he was. most happy to greet representatives of the valiant people who had suffered so deeply be cause of fidelity to their country, and that he had a warm place in his heart for Alsace, the land of his father's. PICKED UP AT SEA Vessel Had Been Sunk by Ger man Submarine No Casualties. (By Associated Press.) Newport News, Va., June 29 The T I B' GREW captain and crew of 12 men of the released this morning at the expira Norwegian steamer, Sorland, sunk off tion of their sentences and were the Ushant, about 150 miles off the coast heroines at a breakfast given In their of France, were picked up and brought honor at women's party headquarters, into this port yesterda yafternoon by While uniformed policemen peeked a Norwegian steamer. The men will in through the picket fence of the be sent back to Norwav. tzrounds surrounding: suffrage head- Captain John Ellingson, master of the Sorland, says he and his men were in open boats 9 hours before being picked up by the steamer which ! brought them here. No one was in jured when - the torpedo struck-, the Sorland. The submarine appeared early in the afternoon and gave chase to the Sorland, which was unable to outrun her. When the submarine came within striking distance of 'the fleeing ship the first torpedo launched did the work. v - ' The Sorland . had a great hole torn in her side and began settling imme diately. The crew took to the boats "and were respued 9 hours later by an other Norwegian steamer and brought to port. OLD CHICAGO BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS (By Associated Press.) Chicago, June 29. The doors of the J oia private oanKing nnn or uranam & Sons, which has heavy deposits, were closed this afternoon. A police guard was requested. Andrew Gra ham, who founded the firm many years ago, died a year a9. He was widely known in Illinois politics. His sqns, Ralph and Edward, have con ducted the business.' Which is to be Chosen on Uni versal, Secret and Equal Suffrage Vote. HUGE UNDERTAKING BEFORE THE PEOPLE Taxation and Redivision f Lands the Most Difficult of The Prob- lems. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 29. A Russian re public was forecast today by members of the Russian mission in the clearest exposition yet received here of the enormous problems of reconstruction facing that, country. Any other form of government, it was stated, was prac tically impossible and would be in di rect contradiction to the spirit and principles of the whole Russian up heaval. The constituent assembly, which is I expected to open September 30, will have in its hands the building of the i whole new political structure of Rus sia. The provisional government, which has ordered its call, has given it absolute powers as to Russia's fu ture government. The assembly will decide finally on the form of govern ment, both federal and local, the fun damental laws, the rights of citizens and of nationalities, and the methods of taxation and election. It is expect ed also to discuss fully the land ques tion so as to destroy the abuse of large holdings by apportioning the land more equitably among those who till it, to arrange a new system of taxa tion with proportionally heavy taxes on the rich and a lifting of the enor mous taxes from the poor. The assembly will consist of not more than 800 members, chosen on universal, direct, secret, equal suffrage, including women, as outlined recently by Prince Lvoff, head of the provis ional government. Russia, of eourse, will be divided into election districts, eftch entitled, to . so many' renresental The army probably will vote as a class, as.it would be obviously impos sible to segregate its various members by political .belief or residence. One of the most difficult questions now is to arrange for the voting there without disturbing the military situation. A new election machinery will have to be evolved for the whole of Russia, it was stated. REDUCTION MADE IN PRICE OF COAL (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 29. Both the American consumer and the govern ment are to get relief from the high cost of coal. Beginning July 1 the price of soft coal at all mines east of the Mississippi is to be reduced $1 to $5 a ton to the consumer, with a still further cut of 50 cents to the government. An agreement to this effect has been reached between representatives of the coal interests and government officials following several days' con ference here. It .was also agreed to defer the question of lower prices on hard coal until after July 1. As a result of the agreement, gov ernment officials estimate that the government and the public will be saved more than $180,000,000 annual iy. SUFFRAGIST PICKETS RELEASED FROM PRISON (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 29. The six worn- en wno nave served mree aays in jau m -m . ' .1 J - 11 'for picketing the White House, were .quarters, the women were admired and . praised by a hundred enthusiasts who ' pronounced them martyrs to the cause The police say they will prevent further picketing by more arrests and the suffragists threaten . to picket as fast as." the police can arrest them. BRAZIL REVOKES DECREE OF NEUTRALITY (By Associated Press.) Rio Janiro, June 29. Brazil has re voked her decree of neutrality in the) war between the Entente Allies and Germany. . The Brazilian government by act of Congress late in May authorized revo - cation of Brazil's neutrality in the war between Germany ana the united States. In notifying the Brazilian le gations of the sanction of the revoca tion, Nito Pecanha, the foreign minis ter, said Brazil up to that time had refrained from taking sides in the European conflict, but the republic could not remain indifferent from the moment the United States found itself involved in a struggle for the rights of the people, and when Germany meted out indiscriminately to Brazil rning Session of V A ssembly Replete With 0 Striking Features. qtr p ywq a nnR ESS ' vVAS OF HIGH ORPER, Subject Was as Old as Chris : tianity Itself But Was Han- V died in Unusually Inter- :p esting Manner. (Rev. Walter M. Gllmoro.) This morning's session of the Bap-. - tist Seaside Assembly, now In session, f at the Harbor Island auditorium, wis. replete with high lights, and striking . features. ."if The attendance, which is not confln. ed by any means to the Baptist de nomination, for the program is ;ot ; equal interest and helpfulness to all, regardless of denominational afflllafr . tlons, continues to increase with eadh; session. The president of the As-: sembly, Dr. J. J. Hurt, of Wllming- ton, states that already the attendance is 30 per cent, larger than the total enrollment any previous year, and that -not only most sections of this State, but many other States are well rep resented, arid this despite war condi tions. The last speaker of the morning was' Dr. John Roach Straton, the gifted and scholarly pastor of the Norfolk" First church. Hig bearing and man ner impressed one from the outset, that he was a polished orator of the . first magnitude. J Although dealing with a subject that , is as old as Christianity itself, and one that is well worn, but always of supreme interest to the devout soul,. "Does God Answer Prayer?" he han died it with a freshness of manner and with such power of reason and experience, that he inspired new hope and courage in the hearts of his hear ers. "That God anwers prayer, the Bible) not only expressly teaches, but the ex perience of Christians in all ages coiU r.lnsivelv Droves." ' said the BDeakerX' However, not every prayer is answAB:':-.": -a i . , ' Jill L. ft ' ' ' taiinns vr nvAvfto tatfYBvt tht ; ea. Among, me manr conaiuonat. limir it" may not' b&: answered? DectusetW desires ana aspirations are not proper ly voiced to God. And then they are1' limited because of the lack of impottn ity and faith, and work, right hearted- ness toward God and man, and their? not being prayed acordlng to thev ; will of God and for the glory of God.'V Dr. Straton will deliver his great; popular Chautauqua lecture tonight pit1 "T;he Happy Highway." Mr. Wolslagi el, assisted by Mr. Muse and the High school orchestra, will render a special musical program for the occasion. One of the brightest young men In the North Carolina ministry, one who is recognized as capable of filling ac ceptably any pastorate In the State, or of doing successfully any other llne: of denominational work Is Dr. C. LV Greaves, of. Lumber ton, whose theol ogy was recently doctored by-his alma mater, Wake Forest college, and the' handle of D. D. Is now properly at- . fixed to his name. He was prominent ly mentioned two years ago in con nection with the State mission secre taryship resigned by Dr. Livingstone. Johnson, and also in connection with the editorship of The Biblical Record er recently accepted by. Dr. Johnsbn'.1 Dr. Greaves, who exchanged places this morning with Dr. C. D. Graves, of Wake Forest, who was detained cm account of the death of his father, made a distinct hit to the pastors -hi his address, "The Ministry a;;Profegv slon." Dr. Greaves made the distinct . tion between the ministry as a pro-' fession and professionalism In the ministry. He gave as-his idea of sw profession in contradistinction to a trade as: "Any. life, pursuit which rev quires a large amount of special knowy ledge and a high degree of skill, and V supreme devotion to its alms arid ideals.". Among the special things that a. preacher ought to know the speaker tnentioned theology, psycology or soul-. ogy. Christian ethics, and sociology. He argued that if it is necessary for. the phyisician to have technical know ' ledge of the human body and rem?-, dies for every disease, so the minister must know the souls of his foks, . which cannot p charged on paper and- -studied, in order that he may deal with the more vital problems of lite, . . Not only-is knowledge of a special sort necessary, but1 skill to a high de gree In the use of that knowledge, which comes only by practice, is nec . essary to efficiency in the ministry,''- The example or Jesus was pointed ' out with wonderful effect in his sn preme devotion to' his task of redeem.' v ing a lost; world. The fact that th people were soiled and bedraggled did not discourage him. Above all,' th minister must be an incarnation of the! spirit of Christ, noV matter how much" : tecnmcai Knowledge ana skiu ne may ihave. Dr. Graves will take. Dr -Greaves' place on the program' tomor j row The breeziest and spiciest lecture -fit the morning was that of Dr. A. T. Rob ertson. Whenever . he ascends the 4, ; ; i t- platform people Instantly sit up and. take notice.: Though he is RlTihsr''- j running account of the "first epistletq r ' 'the Thesselonians, - hla discoursed' arl intensely practical and racy. The theme this morning,' based - oil r the first sixteen yersesof' the second ' chapter, was "The Vindication ot 'A t.- iV " ' t. V'- Mi - -v .1 sT the President. ings. war tuna. rrv auctea tne Dusmess. , tne most brutal treatment. : , (Continued on Page Eight) vievf ' ' ' ' - . r . - - - - ,v - . -r - - - 4; -' :-- ;' ----.--i;MT--. 4l,ru.:y,w , .